When Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra meet Macedonian powerhouse pianist Simon Trpčeski, sparks fly (just listen to any of their award-winning recordings together). So their ‘dream team’ nickname seems particularly fitting for this latest stage in Petrenko’s exploration of the Brahms symphonies. Tonight he conducts the Third: a romantic journey through a glowing musical landscape, inspired by Brahms’s personal motto ‘Free but Happy’. Then the adventure continues, as Trpčeski unleashes the full force of the mighty First Piano Concerto: the uninhibited outpouring of a young genius with a broken heart. It’ll knock you backwards.